Devil's Smile

Second floor of the hotel.

The wolf-headed Beastmorph fled frantically and soon ran into the hunched little old man who had just arrived with several subordinates.

"Uncle, save me!"

He immediately tried to call for help, but the next moment, a hand seized him by the collar from behind and smashed him to the ground with a punch!

"Who is it?!"

Seeing his nephew knocked down, the hunched little old man immediately realized that the pursuer behind him was most likely the culprit responsible for the earlier commotion.

Under the pale green light of the emergency lamps, Lin Rou appeared before them, carrying the unconscious wolf-headed Beastmorph.

"Were you the ones causing trouble?" Lin Rou asked flatly.

"Where did this little brat come from? You're courting death!"

The hunched little old man had been somewhat uneasy, but once he saw that the newcomer was such a young-looking woman, he was immediately relieved.

Though an extraordinary person's strength was not necessarily tied to age, youth often meant they had been extraordinary for only a short time.

As for him, he had become an extraordinary person over twenty years ago and had spent more than a decade making his way through the Old Soil.

Ordinary extraordinary people were simply beneath his notice.

Therefore, once he saw what Lin Rou looked like, he no longer hesitated and transformed into a wolf-headed Beastmorph as well!

Judging by his build, he was even a size smaller than the fellow Lin Rou was holding.

But there was naturally a reason he could be the leader. In terms of speed alone, he was more than twice as fast as the man Lin Rou had just knocked unconscious!

"After the little one comes the old one... Just what I wanted."

Lin Rou calmly watched the hunched little old man charge straight at her, then casually flung the person she was holding at him.

"What is that?"

Seeing a dark blur flying toward him, the wolf-transformed hunched little old man raised a hand and tore it in half midair, splattering himself with blood.

"No!!"

His body halted, and the hunched little old man finally realized what that dark blur had been.

Seeing his nephew torn apart, his eyes nearly split with rage. He charged at Lin Rou again. "Bitch, I'll make you accompany Xiao Chen in death!"

"I gave you a chance to save him. You were the one who refused it."

Facing the furious hunched little old man, Lin Rou remained composed and threw a simple punch—

True Meaning Five Elements Fist: Collapse Fist!

As the two collided, wild winds instantly howled through the corridor!

"What exactly did you do to me?!"

Ma Kun glared darkly at Lin Long. He had already realized that his lower body had completely lost all feeling, and this little girl was most likely responsible!

Slap!

Lin Hai backhanded Ma Kun across the face, saying coldly, "You're already a prisoner, yet you still dare act so arrogant?"

Lin Long, however, tried to reassure her father. "Dad, hitting people like him is useless. The lunatics who can join the Scarlet Church aren't afraid of death at all. They believe that after death, they'll return to the Scarlet Lord's divine kingdom..."

Ma Kun sneered. "Believe? Little girl, perhaps you really have heard our Lord's name, but you know nothing of His might."

Lin Long looked at him with a cheerful smile. "I'm not interested in debating you. But as far as I know, if you die after your blood dries up, you can't return to the Scarlet Lord's embrace... That's one of your doctrines, right?"

"You?!"

Ma Kun looked at Lin Long in shock and fury, completely unable to understand why this little girl knew their doctrines so well!

After all, even he himself had only learned of this in his third year after joining the Scarlet Church.

"Let's make a deal. Tell me everything you know, and I'll give you a chance to return to the Scarlet Lord's embrace. What do you say?"

Lin Long asked Ma Kun with a grin.

But in Ma Kun's eyes, her smile was like the Devil's Smile—so greedy and terrifying!

Ten minutes later.

When Lin Rou arrived in the first-floor lobby carrying the hunched little old man, who had reverted to human form and lay limp as a dead dog, the young man in white was slightly surprised as well.

At this time, only the lights in the first-floor lobby remained normally lit throughout the entire hotel, so the young man in white could clearly see Lin Rou's appearance.

"The champion of the North Heaven Province Martial Arts College Entrance Examination... Lin Rou?" The young man in white sounded somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting to encounter such a prodigy here.

"Hm? You know me?"

Lin Rou was also somewhat surprised. Although the final stage of the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination was livestreamed in its entirety, AI automatically altered the appearances of the students during the broadcast. Unless someone was extremely familiar with them, it was impossible to recognize them.

It was certainly impossible to identify her based solely on the livestream footage.

The reporters had already proven that point back then. Without being able to find Lin Rou's specific information, they simply could not locate her.

"I've seen your file. You're very strong." The young man in white smiled lightly at Lin Rou. "Are you interested in joining us?"

"He's one of your men, right?" Lin Rou asked, raising the half-dead hunched little old man in her hand.

"Just a tool. He can hardly be called one of us."

The young man in white shook his head. "If Miss Lin is willing to join us, none of this matters... And I can guarantee that within ten years, I'll help you enter the Fifth Realm!"

"Sis, he's stalling for time!"

Lin Long's voice suddenly came from behind Lin Rou.

"Is that so..." Lin Rou nodded indifferently.

"Damn it!"

The young man in white, who had been calm and composed until then, finally changed expression. Lin Rou, of course, would not give him another chance to speak.

Just as he was about to say something else, Lin Rou had already arrived before him and slammed a fist into his stomach!

"Pfft!"

The young man in white spat out a mouthful of blood and stared at Lin Rou in horror.

"You actually..."

"You talk too much!"

Lin Rou threw another punch with her backhand!

True Meaning Five Elements Fist: Cannon Fist!

"Fine, you win!"

The young man in white crossed his arms in front of himself to block, but under Lin Rou's terrifying strength, his arms instantly let out a crack!

Whoosh—!

The young man in white was sent flying backward, spitting out another mist of blood at the same time!

The blood mist instantly spread between him and Lin Rou, forming what seemed like a crimson curtain!

By the time Lin Rou broke through the crimson curtain, the young man in white had already vanished.

"What a decisive fellow."

Looking at the human-shaped hole blasted through the hotel's front doors, Lin Rou did not continue pursuing him.

For one thing, tracking was not her specialty. Even if she chased after him, she might not be able to keep up, and she might even fall for a diversion.

For another, with the young man in white gone, the unknown barrier that had shrouded the hotel like black mist had now dispersed as well.

As light from outside shone into the hotel, pedestrians on the street stood around the entrance with bewildered expressions, having no idea what had happened inside.